Type or matrices.



L. E. MORRISON.

TYPE 0R MATRICES. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28, 1913.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

5] nm late? A fl m h U general organization represented in Letters a citizen of the United by way of example, and as i i t r d: on more UNIT S ilerllhis into LUTHER E. MORRISON, OF NEW YORK,- N. "2., AEJSIGNOIEL TO MERGENTHALEB. LINOT'E. COMPANY, A COE-POEATION till? HE -H YGRK.

it out I Specification of letters lPotent. lt ibljfittllifill ll ch. 7214B. Application filed August 23, 1913. Serial hi0. $312080.

To all whom it may concern: variations ma v Be it known that I, L'U'rnnn E. Monnrson,

States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type or Matrices, of which the following is a specification, reference being'had therein to the accompanying drawin M invention relates to typographical machines, such as linotypc machines of the However, many changes and he made therein, and, in .t mode oi uppitcation, which will still he compris" (l within its spirit. For instance, it may be sin'iilarly adapted to types or dies as well as inatriccilircncrall speiking. .l o ire it. to he undei stood that I do not imit myself to any specific form orembodiment, e cent. in so far as such limitations are specitieil in the claims.

Referring to the drawing: Figure l is side view of a Janus-faced mah'x, having my invention applied thereto; Fig. ilh. ti'ates the edges of several such inatrict Fig. 15 is a similar view of the opposite calm-n thereof; and Figs. '-.'land 5 illustrate other adaptations of my invention.

Figs. 1, 2 and 3 illustrate douhle or claims faced matrices of the ordinary kind, formedv in their opposite edges with chara; '5 l and A either of which may be brought into operative position, and with projecting ears E, whereby the respective characters A and A are alined in relation to the mold, all in Patent of the United States, No. 436,582, to t). Mergcnthaler, wherein an assembled line of matrices is presented by the first elevator in front. of a slotted mold, which is advanced' face-wise against the matrices to close the front of the slot, and then tilled from the rear with molten metal to produce a slug or linotype, on the edge of which the type characters are formed.

Ordinarily the characters stand in invert cd position on the matrices, and it has been the general practice to have the characters of different size, such as nonpareil, minion, the manner well understood in the art. illect.c., almcd along their heads or tops, or in ferrlng to the matrices 2Q, 2G and. X

shown in Fig. 2, it will be seen that the characters A in their edges are arrange-4t. and located so as to he alincd along their tops; whereas, the characters A in their op posite edges, shown in Fig. 3, are arranegd other words, matrices of all fonts had a common alining level at. the tops of the characters. Under another system more recently inaugurated, the matrices have a. common alining' level at the bases of the characters.

Both kinds of matrices are adapted to he and located so as to he alined along their employed in the comn'ierclal hnotype nmbases. in other words, each i'i'iatrizi is formed with a plurality of charity 1 designed. for alinement at its base, other designed for olinement at its its previously indicated, when sins of matrices are en'iployed in the same machine, one set with characters for top alinement, and the other set with characters for base alinement, it has been. necessary to cause the descent of the first elevator to different extents in the respective cases. Eur other result of my invention is to dispense chine, although it is necessary that the first elevator descend to diilerent extents in the respective cases, as described for instance in .liettcrs Patent of the United States to J. ll. l .llogcrs, No. 1,028,337.

.l'ly present invention coniln'ises a matrix formed with a plurality of characters, adapted for different modes of alinenient, for instance one along its top, and another alongits base. This principle is particw larly applicable to double or Janus-faced matrices, wherein the characters are with this necessity, and to that end may respectively form the characters A and it at or erei'it he :ipp'hed to matrices of other forms, as for vertical heigh's on the matrix, (see I in. l),

and in such manner that the elcvatonmay descend. always to the same point, the former variation in its position being now compensated lily the difference in location of m it will he {UK different characters are on an adyustbrou ht instan e, where the formedon the same edge, or ahle member, so that either may he into operative position at Will.

In the accompanying drawing, have cl'nnacters on the matr shown my invention in preferred fol :r. and stood ti.

applied to t io molds o several. styles of matrices already described. crate located l on opposite edges. but may also i a modification, wherein "riled with characters B .ge, one of them deit, and the other for J o shows another e matrix Z is proe "1 edits; sbie nieinher Z formed C and C either of Which 121M) operative position at "for top elinelnent and e iient.

form and by way ed to the speciiio obvioiisly many at- ..eat-ions therein, and in ion, will suggest themt ed in the art without deits scope. thus described my invention, its .1 and mode of operation, what I esire to secure y Letters Patent P lted States is as follows:

' or matrix formed With several character designed for'hlinetop and another designed for -f at its hose. 7

. having characters on e5, theticherecter on one edge or alinement at its top, and that d 'ecters being differently ective edges, for the pure.

of type or matrices provided 1 have shown my in- A its opposite edges, th e a t designed ior ahnern it 1 its on the opposite edge designed at its bzise, said characters oeirn difi'erent vertical positions on edges, for the purpose described.

7. series of type or matrices pror with several sets of eheracters, those aeters of one set designed to eiine with eeei other at their tops, and thos of another designed to eiine with each other at their bases, and the several sets being iocated different relative positions thereon.

8. A series of type or matrices provided "ith several sets of characters in their opposite edges, those characters of one set designed to shine with each other at their tops, and those of another set designed to eiine with each other at their bases, and e sev eral sets being located in difierent vertical positions on the respective edges? In testimony whereof I have eriised my signatifre in presence of two Witnesses.

LUTHER E. stereos.

Witnesses M. R. MANNING, \VM. J. DOLAN. 

